Pay & Benefits
Pay Agent Accepts New Localities, Rejects Giving Others Bigger Adjustments
Labor, OMB and OPM leaders make final recommendations for 2018.
Pay & Benefits
NASA, Defense Boast the Most 2016 Presidential Rank Award Winners
List of winners includes thirty-six recipients of the government’s highest award for excellence in civil service.
Pay & Benefits
Making Your Best Bet on Social Security
Should you start receiving your benefit as soon as you can, or wait until you’re older?
Management
NASA Ranked Best Place to Work in Government For Fifth Consecutive Year
Homeland Security improves its score, but is still ranked last among large agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Raise Surprise, New Tuition Discounts, Snow Day Refresher and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Open Season for Dental and Vision Benefits Is Extended Until Wednesday
Federal workers will have two extra days to enroll in the program or make changes to their insurance plans.
Oversight
Quiz: Are You in Danger of Breaking the Rules for Holiday Gift Giving in Federal Offices?
Federal employees are subject to restrictions on what they can give and receive.
Pay & Benefits
Obama’s 2.1 Percent Pay Raise Announcement Boosts Locality Pay
The salary increase announced last week includes a 1 percent across-the-board pay bump, combined with a 1.1 percent raise in locality pay.
Defense
Annual Defense Bill Has Major Implications for Feds’ Leave, Pay
Language curbing paid administrative leave and raising the cap on Defense buyouts makes it into final version that is now headed to Obama’s desk.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Boosts 2017 Civilian Federal Pay Raise to 2.1 Percent
Surprise move comes after he had reaffirmed a 1.6 percent boost in November.
Pay & Benefits
Last Chance for Open Season Changes
The window to modify your coverage closes Dec. 12.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Unlikely to Get Extra Time Off Around Christmas
Christmas Eve will fall on a Saturday this year.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s How One Federal Employee Union Will Fight Back Against Trump
Leader acknowledges many battles ahead but says the president-elect does not represent an existential threat.
Pay & Benefits
Shutdown Suspense, Stubborn Retirement Backlog, Details on the Inauguration Day Holiday and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Open Season Q&A
Answers to questions that may help you make your health insurance choices.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Improve in November
The C and F funds had a good month, after a rough October for all the offerings.
Pay & Benefits
Officials Say There Are No Easy Fixes To Skyrocketing Long-Term Care Insurance Costs
Premium increases aren’t going away, and few reforms are being floated.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Bills to Boost Overtime Pay and Protect Whistleblowers
Measures seek to fix previous laws that unintentionally hurt federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
Details on 2017 Locality Pay, a Surprise With the Military Raise, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits